Highams Park railway station

Highams Park London Overground
Interactive map of Highams Park
General information
LocationHighams Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed byLondon Overground
Station codeHIP
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21Decrease 0.788 million
2021–22Increase 1.828 million
2022–23Increase 2.259 million
2023–24Increase 2.730 million
2024–25Increase 2.738 million
Key dates
17 November 1873Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°36′30″N 0°00′00″W / 51.6084°N 0.0001°W / 51.6084; -0.0001

Highams Park is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Highams Park in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is 8 miles 52 chains (13.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Wood Street and Chingford. It has been operated by London Overground since 2015.

History

The station in 1995

The station was originally named "Hale End" upon opening on 17 November 1873, and was renamed on 1 October 1894 as Highams Park. On 1 May 1899, it was again renamed to Highams Park & Hale End, before changing to its current name on 20 February 1969.

The station had a goods yard to transport milk and Xylonite by the 1890s, which closed in 1965.

The present station, to the design of Neville Ashbee, was inaugurated in 1903, according to a plaque at the station.

Facilities

The station is staffed the majority of the day, and has full step-free access. There are waiting shelters, ticket machines, departure and information screens, a car park and bicycle storage.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Highams Park
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 1,279,429 1,220,851 1,091,726 1,671,640 1,726,941 1,591,470 1,464,612 1,553,296 1,646,330 1,664,538 1,822,878 1,998,106 2,116,016 2,358,214 2,503,850 2,817,380 2,679,244 788,376 1,828,440 2,258,850

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Trains are operated by London Overground (before 2015, services were operated by Abellio Greater Anglia). The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is:

Preceding station London Overground Following station
Wood Street
towards Liverpool Street
 Weaver line
Lea Valley lines
 Chingford
Terminus

Connections

London Buses routes 212, 275, W16 and 675 serve the station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
  2. ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 109. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  3. 1 2 Quick 2023, p. 241.
  4. ↑ Jackson 1999, p. 378.
  5. ↑ National Archives. "British Xylonite Co Ltd, Brantham". Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Jackson 1999, p. 379.
  7. ↑ "150 Years of Highams Park Station". Highams Park Portal. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Highams Park Station". National Rail. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Estimates of station usage". ORR Data Portal. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "TfL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services" (Press release). Transport for London. 28 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Network Rail eNRT, December 2025, Table 017
  12. ↑ "Buses from Highams Park" (PDF). tfl.gov.uk. May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2026.

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